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rfn's avatar
rfn
New member | Level 2
12 days ago

Turn Off Collaborative Editing

Is there a way to turn off collaborative editing for certain files? In particular, I have Excel files where I don't want autosave in use.
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Walter
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12 days ago

Hey rfn - thanks for posting on our Community! 

 

May I ask if you're familiar with this Help Center article?

 

Specifically, note the part that mentions that to open files locally without starting a co-authoring session, you can either:

1. Lock the file before opening it.
2. Toggle off Auto-Save in the top left of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint after opening the file.
3. Turn off Microsoft 365 desktop co-authoring for your device from the Apps section in the settings page on dropbox.com. 

 

Let us know if this helps!

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